NAIA Menís Cross Country Runner of the Week Ė No. 5

Kirwa breaks course record at Florida State Invitational

October 10, 2012

By Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications and Sports InformationPhoto by Aaron Craig

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Evans Kirwa of Embry-Riddle (Fla.) has been named the NAIA National Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Kirwa, who is receiving the award for the second time this season, was selected based on his performance from Oct. 1 - 7 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent runner of the week selections.

Kirwa, a native of Eldoret, Kenya, claimed his third individual medal of the season - 15th overall - with a first-place finish at the Florida State Invitational in Tallahassee, Fla., on Oct. 5. The senior harrier set a course record with an 8K time of 24:40, which also ranks as the 13th-fastest time in program history. Kirwa, who averaged 4:58 per mile, finished 26 seconds faster than second-place runner Elias Chesire of NCAA Division I Florida A&M.

Kirwa's previous victories this season came at the University of Southern Florida Bulls Invitational on Sept. 7 and at the Asics Embry-Riddle (Fla.) Classic on Sept. 22.